Tuesday 10 July 2012

Day 20

The canal crossing the river
Mileage 26 miles. 41 km Total  miles  625  ( 1000 km) Blain to Redon. After breakfast in the Relais, we made an early start. Straight onto the canal side and off. Cloudy and cool. The surface is a mix of crushed, fine rock, track and packed earth. Fine most of the time, but it is slower than Tarmac and more tiring. We made reasonable time to Redon, and after a pleasant lunch we decided to stay and have a look around. It seems a very old (832Ad) and picturesque. The River Vilaine goes through mainly north to south, and the Canal goes east to west. There are a number of quays and strange river canal  intersections. Added to that a number of very large buildings, from the religious and trading history of the town.

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